[B-Greek] Spirit of the Python
Jeffrey B. Gibson
jgibson000 at attbi.com
Sat Mar 29 17:29:51 EST 2003
Denny A Diehl wrote:
> Denny Diehl here
>
> Greetings Greekers. Off topic perhaps. At any
> rate, respond to me individually, if you would.
>
> In Ac 16:16, the slave girl had a spirit of divination,
> or a Python spirit. Am I correct in my understanding
> that this was connected to the Oracle at Delphi?
no -- to Apollo.
> Also, I understand that the Oracle breathed fumes
> which came up out of rock in the temple at Delphi.
> Upon breathing these fumes, the Oracle came to a
> frenzied state, in which she would prophesy in ecstatic
> speech which would be interpreted by her attendants.
> Correct or no?
The fume theory was abandoned long ago. But some recent geological
surveys have indicated that it might have been true after all. There
was, I think, a discussion of this on the Classics List some time ago.
> If so, what reference might I find this or correction of
> it?
Try, besides a good commentary on Acts [i.e., Barrett], the article on
PUQWN by W. Foerster in the Vol. 6 of the TDNT.
Yours,
Jeffrey Gibson
>
>
> Thanks!
>
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